Our very sweet neighbor, Mrs. Smith, passed away last night. She lived on our block for at least 40 years, maybe more. She was always outside sweeping, in front of her house, our house, any house nearby that needed a little upkeep. It was her mission in life that no stray leaf sully our fine Brooklyn block. She is even immortalized sweeping on Google Earth. Roan, of course, has been engaging in a similar sweeping obsession of late.

I am a New York City girl, born and raised. My husband Sam and I live in Brooklyn. We have talents, interests, and lives outside of our kids but this blog is mostly about our kids Roan and Lula and my life as a mom. They were born June 11, 2010.

Lula Neave died on December 4, 2011. Our lives in between those two days and beyond are all in the archive of this blog.